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<p align=center><b>Database statistics</b></p>
<p>The <a href="../../api_c/db_stat.html">DB-&gt;stat</a> method returns a set of statistics about the underlying
database, for example, the number of key/data pairs in the database, how
the database was originally configured, and so on.</p>
<p>There is a flag you can set to avoid time-consuming operations:</p>
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<b><a href="../../api_c/db_stat.html#DB_FAST_STAT">DB_FAST_STAT</a></b><ul compact><li>Return only information that can be acquired without traversing the
entire database.</ul>
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